History of words and phrases
To the bitter end: It means to the last stroke of bad fortune. It comes from the mid-nineteenth-century nautical term for the end of a rope or chain.
Every dog has its day: Everyone will have a moment of success. Shakespeare used this phrase in Hamlet.
Haute cuisine: Originally, the phrase referred to the highest standard of French cooking, but now cooking of any origin.
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Volume 4, Issue 12, Posted 9:41 AM, 06.12.2012